Apparel-locking device



April 14, 1931. K. REINHOLD 1,800,873

APPAREL LOCKING DEVICE Filed Jan. 31, 1929 WW" l i g 3 l[ i L 41 9 :2 4 "g? E 55 5 i I 54 i \I z I |i 5 a hitp: 35 3 1 35 v avwentoz lfifleirzkold Patented Apr. 14, 1931 1mm REINHOLIL. or New Yo'nir, ELY.

APPAREL-LOCKING DEVICE Application filed January 31, 1929. Serial No. 336,396;

The main object. of this invention is to provldea devlce for securely. locking articles of apparel, such as acoat, a cane, a vahse and. a hat, upon a suitable rack so thatno unauthorized person. may remove these artlcles after the device is. sprung into locked position, unless. the person is in possession of a key which. releases the. locking mecha nism. H Another object ofthis invention is toprovide a device which ,Will secure a. Valise,a cane, andarticles ofapparel, such as a coat and a hat, upon a. rack in such manner that key-operated means must be used to release these articles for their; further use.

Still another objectof this invention is to provide a coin operatedmechanism for releasably securing articles. of apparel or travelingnecessities upon arack, and key-operated means. for releasing the" locking mechanism when removingthearticles. I The above andotheu objects will become apparent in the. description below, in which characters ofreference refer to: likenamed parts in the drawing. p

Referring briefly to the drawing, Figure 1 is a; front" elevational view of the device.

Figure 2 is" a side elevational view of the device, showing the locking tongue in full lines insecuringposition, and the same memher in dotted linesiureleased position.

Figure .3 is rear elevational View of the housing of the device with the rear cover re moved to expose the coin-operated mechanism for releasingthe lockingtongue, Said 7 view shows the.v mechanism 1 in the position. it assumes when the locking; tongue is secured. Figure l is a view similar toFigure 3,

showing; the coineoperated; mechanism in remore. fully hereinafter described. Mounted. above these studs is asupport arm 15. which is provided With a slot 16 extending longituclinally from its base: to a. positionmidway of its. len th. In this slot asubstanti'ally 5 5, selnifcircu ar tongue 17is1nountedon.aistud 18 and is normally retained inthe position. shownin broken linesuin, Figure 2by a' resilient finger 19. Extending. at, an angle downwardly fromt-he. tongue, below the axis of the pin 18, is .afleg 20.. This leg is unitary with the tongue 17 and swingsiasa unit therewith, assuming the position. shown in broken" lines: in Figure 2. when. the locking mechanism is released This leg 20. is curved at. its lower-tend in the direction-v of the studs 12 and 13 and is provided With. a rubber or bakelite bumper ad2l,.which latter is adapted. to depress t e depressible pins 14. A blunt, flat-headed extension 22projects from Q the curved arm: toward thelcasing lO. and

entersintothis casing through an aperture 23; f Thislaperture is of sufficient size topermit the travelingof the extensionjasthe sup, port arm and leg swin from thelloeked to the released; position, these positions. being shown in. full lines and in. dottedlines.v The leg 20 is provided with arearwardly extending prong 24 which is slenderly curved and is adapted to enter into the opening in at bifurcarted fork 25 Theopening, in thebifurcat ed fork is .adaptedlto receive anyone of. the

links 26 of achain vvhich hasits opposite end suspendeddrom anieyelet27 and is :adapted tobei'trained through the" handle ofavalise 5 or similar other traveling appurteuance for the purpose of, securing this member so that it cannot be removed.

The casing consists. of a.v fiatupper plate, indicatedby l the numeral 10, .Which is provided with. bounding Walls. 28 and, 29. At the upperends of these wallsgthe. casing is bulged. outwardly. ,Qne of these bulges has a coin sl'ot29 located thereinu This coin slot 29. permits. the inception acoin. 30. which drops throughra channel guarded lay-guide ,plates3lf and, after falling, comesto rest upona. lug 32 which has one; of itsiends. ta;- pered off. Behind the guard plate iil, and liee ted in e es r e fist he P PQ Q resting upon 'the upper end of .the blunt ex is abell crank 33 pivoted at the intersection of the arms on a stud 34. The downwardly projecting arm of the bell crankv33, has a pusher finger 35 extending therefrom through a slot 36 in the guard plate 31 and engages the periphery'of the coin 30.as it comes to reston the lug'32 The'opposite arm ofthe bell crank 33 has its *iextreniity' tension 22 and is retained in continual ;en gagement with this extension by a resilient spring 37.

Theremaining bulged-out portion 38 the casing is also provided withal slot-into which a key 39 of any conformation is slidably fitted. Said key is provided with a triangular notch 40 in which is engaged the toothedhead 41' of a second bell crank 42 which has a'longitudinal arm anda short arm. 'The'short arm,'in addition to possess ing the tooth 41,.has a 'seco'n'd'triangular lug 43 thereon whose cooperation with the rest of the mechanism will be more fully hereinafter described. The; remaining arm 44 o'fv the bell crank 42 extends vertically downwardand is raised toa plane aligned with member 35 and is 'curved toward 'thecoin at its lower end; The key '39, when inserted in the slottand in the position in which the tooth 41 is engaged in the triangular notch 40,-comes into contact with a projectionle- V8I.4:5 whichis. pivoted intermediate its 7 length and has apointed' upper end 46. The

lower end of thelever 45 'is engaged by a spring'47 which urges the lower end of the. leverto a superimposed positionandin con taet with the face-oitheblunt extension 22.

means, which coin when dropped into the device, will project a key partly out of "the 'mech an'ismso that it can be readilymemoved and, again, upon inception'ofthis key, the

locking emchanism is released so that the ar-V ticles maybe removed and worn or carried ya it e 7 A hat is suspended-from the support arm 15 when the curvedt-ongue is intheposition shown inbroken lilies in Figure 2. The coat :ortop-coat is suspe nded from the studs 12 and-13: The cane is placed betweenlthe'separat'ed studs 12 and 13,and thevaliseor other travelingcommodity is hung from the chain 27. The most convenient li'n-k of this chain-isthen inserted into the openingin fork 25 which is suitable to permit the inception-pf one -of .the links and,' upon depression 'o'fthe curvedtongue 17 to the poisition shown in full lines in Figure 2, the prong 24 enters into the loop of the link cap,-

tured in the fork and thus secures this chain in a locked loop. This support arm 15 may only be moved after the coin has been in-.

serted into the slot.

, The locking Imechani's'mi and key proj ection means 'operate in the following manner:

The coin is deposited in the slot 29 and falls; into and .follows the guide plate, dropping adjacent the-latter and coming to rest upon thelug 32 immediately in front of thepusher finger 35. The locking device then becomes operable and functions simultaneously with the depression of the curved tongue 17. ,As the curved tongue is lowered, the blunt'he'ad 22 is shifted from an angular position'to 'thejposition'. shown'in' Figure 2. 5 During this movement, the'pusherfinger 35 engages the peripher of the coin 30, urging this coin across t e ica'sing fora short distance As soon as the coin begins'to move it engages the curved lower end of the' 111 -32 6 the bell crank 42, rotating. this bell, crank until a position is'r'ea'ched where'the'coinhas no further support on the-lug 32i "-When this position is reached, the "coin drops into the coin receptacle located convenientlyat the lower end of the casingandithefshortarin of the bell crank f42is raised to a position where? the tooth 41 is released or-lifted with the triangular notch 40, thus releasing the key As the "face of theblunt extensionr22 assumes a vertical position, the lower---.-end of the lever45fis projected and superim posed over this extension; locking'the same; This movement of ithei-lever is accomplished by "the spring 47 in' a "snappy motion and the upper sharp en'd 46 ofjthe level- 45 medium of the spring, project said keypart 1y. outward until thesha'rp-endjof the 'leyer comes into engagement withthe memberf-43 ion being in contact wit-lithe key {39, will, throughi'the on the bell'crank in which position the; lever projected over member '22, as shown in Fig ure 4,and the'articles ofapparel' mounted on the leg are "then securely locked-against to j release this marauders. When de'sirin locking devicepfor removmgthe articles from the rack, the key is re-i'nserted intoiits particularslot. 1 This key @will contact with theftooth 41' raising thej same, raising the hell crank againstthe spring"48, and permitting tripping of the Ieverr'" This lever,

as the keyi farther, injectedintojthe slot, irotated from the pi siti'on shown 'in Fig ure 4 to the position shown in Fig'ure'f3.

Additional" insertion of the causes the notch 40thereon to engage w'ithf'the.

tooth, the spring 48 thereafter urging said bell crank into engaging position with the key in which the tooth 41 falls into the notch and the key then is locked intact in the device, the mechanism being then ready for renewed operation.

It is to be noted that certain changes in form and construction may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. to

I claim:

In a device of the class described, a casing, a support arm formed on said casing, a curved tongue pivoted on said support arm and adapted to contact with the extremity of said support arm, a leg unitary with said tongue, studs rising from said casing adapted to contact with said leg, means for locking said tongue and leg in contacting position with the studs and extremity of the support arm, key-operated means for releasing said tongue and leg from engagement with said support arm and studs, means for locking a chain anchored in said casing, a prong on said leg, and means rigid on said casing cooperating with said prong for locking said chain in looped formation.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

KURT REINHOLD. 

